1:06 AM - It’s Official: Genevieve Gets Engaged!!!!
Current mood: Totally In Lurve To The Nth Degree

Yes, it's all true. There's a ring and everything (I even have pictorial evidence to provide). Nat came up from waaay down south (lol) and asked me if I would "do [him] the honor of being [his] wife," on Saturday, August 9th (which would be 8-9-8, for those of you who know about my "palindrome thing"), to which I said 'yes,' resulting in the following "bling," as it were, being added to my daily wardrobe:

Now let's get the couple-y hand holding shot:


Aww, wasn't that just precious...and now, the side view:


Yeah...she's a beaut (we'll I think so anyway...you can feel free to think otherwise...people often do). :P

Oh, and here's a super silly shot of the happy couple with me doing particularly strange crazy-eyes for some reason:


So, folks, there you have it! Genevieve is officially gettin' her engagement on. Awwww yeahhhh!

Currently listening : Vegas By The Crystal Method Release date: 1997-08-26

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6:29 PM - Poetry: Dichotomy (revised) c.2008 [edit again 08.04.08]
Current mood: amorous

Currently listening : S&M By Metallica Release date: 1999-11-23

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3:45 PM - Belatedly Posted Blogginess
Current mood: amused

For those of you who are familiar with either my conversational speech, or my occasional blogging of words that don't exist (see final word in the subject line of this blog for a prime example), you might appreciate the following observation/information about my current relationship:

I am having a great time with the fact that Nat actually enjoys my habit of fiddling with the English language in speech. I tend to make up words (particularly new compound ones) on a regular basis. Apparently he finds this endearing somehow. Neat. What's even better is that he's already started doing it himself, and he's really pretty good at it. I'm thoroughly enjoying his contributions, such as the following beaut:

Wii-splosion (n.) The mess of discarded packaging left over once a Nintendo Wii has been unpacked for the first time.
Example: "The giddy anticipation brought on by the concept of being able to shoot down masses of zombies with Wii Zappers drained from Genevieve and her cohort in video-gamery's faces, as they both look floor-ward to view the Wii-splosion they had produced during the set up of the new system. They sighed heavily and cleaned it up."

Good stuff.

Currently playing : House of the Dead 2 & 3 Return Release date: 2008-03-11

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10:52 PM - WARNING: If you are hoping for bad news, you will be disappointed
Current mood: Rejuvenated & Reminded of Beauty

On the other hand, if you're one of those people who has actually been following some of my plight through this life, and perhaps even rooting for me along the way, you might find that side effects of this blog may include the following: heightened pulse rate, quickened breathing, smiling, erectile dysfunction, and/or dry mouth. If symptoms persist, please consult your doctor.

So, on the 19th it had been 6 months since my last seizure, so I could drive again. The next day I went to HeroesCon in Charlotte, NC with my mother's old Camry [edit (07.15.08): I actually borrowed Bruce's totally sweet 2006 'Stang for the drive to and from Charlotte, and used the Camry when I drove to and from South Carolina before riding to and from Chicago in Nat's roommate's car] . I was writing comics in my head the whole way up, and fearing terribly that the pros I had connected with at my last convention wouldn't even remember me. That had been four years prior, before I had suffered a psychotic breakdown which I had only now felt healthy and strong enough from to get back into the business full swing.

Before I left I recall telling some friends who asked me about some plans for after the con that I couldn't plan for after the con because 'conventions change everything.' In retrospect, after having done HeroesCon and then Wizard World Chicago with only a day at home in between, I can't do anything, but chock that up to the ways my life strikes me as a fantastic film (foreshadowing, no?).

Nothing is as it was anymore. I am now in my pupal stage, and will soon emerge from my metamorphosis from all the things they thought I was to all the things I know I am.

Not only am I getting a chance at something I feel I can absolutely do (and with gusto), but somehow I simultaneously get introduced to the most fantastic guy ever and we fall like torrential downpour. I am so inspired I could cry, or more likely write until my fingers bleed (though I'd probably keep writing, since the blood on paper effect would look pretty sweet). LOL. Could this be Genevieve actually getting a break? It could actually be this time...wow...[tenting fingers like Mr. Burns from "The Simpsons] this is going to be great if it isn't a complete nightmare.

So yeah, I have to remain a bit vague at this point, since things are still in talks at the moment, but I might have a couple of super-swell comic book writing projects in the works and I am also in a new relationship with someone I met at HeroesCon who makes me happy, which might be weird for those of you who have been hearing me bitch about men for a while. I actually managed to find a good one, but he doesn't live here...he's in South Carolina, actually, but he doesn't really seem like he belongs down South either...I think we're both a bit "misplaced" at the moment, but at least he's not too far away. I'm breaking all sorts of personal rules for this relationship (I don't do long distance, etc.) but he's already proved to me he's worth it. It has all happened very fast, but I think we've both just managed to display the important characteristics about each other to each other in the time we had together, so there wasn't much left to question even early on...sometimes you just click with someone. *shrug* I say it was his fault. ;)

"Lurve"...it does a body good...

Currently reading : Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer Deluxe HC (Frank Frazetta’s Death Dealer) By Joshua Ortega

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11:00 PM - Albert Hofmann, but on a much lighter note...hee hee
Current mood: confident
Category: Consumed With Hilarity News and Politics

The following was found on The Onion website, this was their priceless take on the subject:

LSD Inventor Dead

Albert Hofmann, the Swiss chemist who created the hallucinogen LSD, died the age of 102. What do you think?

Jackie Alpert,
Grocer
"Shit. Did anyone remember to write down the recipe for LSD?"

Tom Ostin,
Systems Analyst
"It's just like I tell my kids: If you get involved with drugs, you're going to end up dead."

Bart Stein,
Helicopter Pilot
"Oh man, there goes my hookup."

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10:52 PM - R.I.P. Albert Hofmann
Current mood: Sober
Category: Sober News and Politics

The following came from Scientific American's website on April 30, 2008:

Albert Hofmann, Inventor of LSD, Embarks on Final Trip

He was the first person to experience an acid trip--for both good and bad

By David Biello

ALBERT HOFMANN: Invented LSD as the 25th variation of a compound derived from ergot, a fungus that grows on rye.
©SASHA MARTYNCHUK

Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, inventor of LSD, died yesterday at the age of 102, just 10 days after the 55th anniversary of his notorious bicycle trip while tripping on "acid". Hofmann, who suffered a heart attack at home in Basel, Switzerland, was the first person to synthesize lysergic acid diethylamide, better known as LSD, and the first human known to experience its mind-bending effects.

The drug was the 25th he created from the basic chemical ingredients of ergot, a fungus that forms on rye, in his search for treatments for circulation and respiratory problems. He reports in his 1979 autobiography LSD, My Problem Child, that he became restless and dizzy when he accidentally ingested the compound while making it—and "perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colors" for about two hours.

The very next day (April 19, 1943), he swallowed 0.25 milligram of the acid to confirm that it had caused his odd symptoms. Overcome by dizziness and anxiety, he asked an assistant to bicycle him home; once there, he writes that he was overcome by feelings that he might die (prompting a later call to his physician), along with delusions that included perceiving a kindly neighbor transformed into a malevolent witch.

Sandoz Pharmaceuticals, his employer at the time, tried to promote LSD as a drug to treat psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia under the trade name Delysid by sending samples to psychiatrists—and the compound was briefly used as the treatment du jour in conjunction with psychoanalysis.

But acid swiftly found its way into wider use among artists, writers (such as Brave New World's Aldous Huxley), actors (including established movie stars like Cary Grant), and rebellious teens in the 1950s and 1960s. In fact, it became so popular as a way to "tune in, turn on and drop out" that in 1966 New York State and California made it a crime to possess it; the U.S. government followed suit in 1970.

Hofmann also manufactured a wide range of medical drugs from ergot, including methergine (which is still used to halt bleeding after birth) and hydergine (which improves circulation). In the psychedelic realm, he was also the first to synthesize psilocybin, the active ingredient in so-called magic mushrooms (Psilocybe mexicana).

I just have to say that though his great mind will be missed, 102 is certainly a respectable age to live to. Jeez. He must have done something right. ;)

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3:18 PM - Lyrics: Madonna "Devil Wouldn’t Recognize You" (edited from original due to errors from source)
Current mood: Madonna Feels How I Feel :)
Category: Madonna Feels How I Feel :) Music

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10:13 PM - Lyrics: Tool "Vicarious"
Current mood: Understanding
Category: Understanding Music

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10:56 PM - Alright...That did it...The Blog About Men!
Current mood: Like a Rabid Polar Bear
Category: Like a Rabid Polar Bear Romance and Relationships

So, really, I wasn't going to bitch and moan. I wasn't. I was going to stay quiet on the blog front and just go on with my pictures of cute animals and little bits of miscellaneous hilarity, and what not, and not go on about men being jerks like the whiny little girl I am feeling like being these days...on the inside, that is...it probably comes out rather more like a cynical bitching than a girly "o woe is me..."

Well, in any case, after this message I received a short bit ago, I could remain silent no more. You guys have to get a gander at this beaut...boy does this guy think he's got woman-kind wrapped around his smart little deceptive finger-winger. We are talking about one, Tys Daddy, whose profile you can check out there, if interested in page after page of him and his son. Now, I don't know if you guys check my profile when I make changes to it, but if so, you might recall that I recently added the following to my Who I'd Like To Meet: section:

"Also, I have to agree wholeheartedly with my lovely sister on this part of her MySpace profile: "Just so you know...I will not hit you up, I'm not gonna holla at you, and I don't respond to yo"...adds Genevieve: I am also not likely to respond to you if you do not take the time to type out your words like a literate person, and particularly not if you replace any of your words with numbers i.e u wan 2 chat?"

So when I receive the following message from Tys Daddy, I am not completely turned away at first glance:

From: Tys Daddy
Date: Apr 11, 2008 12:31 PM

I know we are perfect Stranger's but you caught my eye and something about you captivated me and i just wanted to write you.. I think your attractive but that isn't why i wrote, I wrote because i think there is something special about you and I wanted to give you the benefit of doubt and see if your really as different as i seem to think you are or if your just another myspacer. I looked at your page and i like what i seen, I think you are different then most girls and that to me is so very important, If you would like you can write me back, I would really like to get to know you better, If nothing else i think we could be friends.

Take care you.. Hugs Henry

PS, I know our locations are not that close but that is part of me looking for something that is not the same as what is here, where i am. There has to be better personalities somewhere lol

Yeah yeah...okay, so here was my response to that message...

Hello,

Well, thank you for looking over my profile and writing a message with some thought put into it (that already sets you apart from the majority of male messages I get on here). I would say I'm most likely different from your average myspacer, but
since I don't get out a whole to meet other myspacing chicks, I can't really compare myself. I guess I'd just base that on
what I see on their pages... also, in public and in person, I tend to be a bit, well... different.

I tried to get through all of your pics, but I think MySpace got hung up on it after about 8 pages of them and didn't want to
continue. Your boy is adorable. How old is he? Also, how far away from Raleigh are you (local geography may not be my strong point, but I don't know where your town is located)?

Best,
Genevieve

So there's me trying to put some faith in men, right? I really need to quit doing that...for real...just look at what I get back from him days later:

Subject: RE: Hey Genevieve

Body:
Hey Genevieve,

Hey Jessie

Well I'm glad you liked my message, That was my point. I wanted to be out side the box and not be like every guy that has ever wrote you on myspace. I didn't make up what i wrote to you either, I don't say thing to people because i think it might be what they want to hear, If i tell you something it is because that is how i feel or think. I do think there is something about you that is not like other females and i really don't see you as just another myspace girl. I did notice you because i was attracted to you but that was just at first and after looking at your page and reading the little i read you just stood out to me. When i wrote you the other day I was not really sure how to approach you, I didn't want to tell you how beautiful, Sexy, Hott, Fine or give you some stupid pick up line because i know that you hear things like this all the time and I'm sure it gets really old so if i tell you that your Absolutely Gorgeous it will be after you have realized that I'm not trying to get in your pants. So what i done was take a little time to look over your page read a little and just tell you what i was thinking when i was on your page and what i wrote to you was exactly what i was thinking. I just wanted your attention there was no ulterior motives for writing. They say a picture can speak a thousand words and that is very true if you take the time to look at the picture and what is in it, I mean if you can get past the the female in the picture and really look at whats going on in the back ground you can really get an idea of the type of person your looking at, But that is just my opinion. Well I think I'm at a good stopping point and beside that i need to cook my little boy something to eat so I'm going to let you go but I enjoyed getting your e-mail and i hope to hear from you again sometime soon... Take care, Hugs Your Friend Henry

Oh my god, you have to be kidding me! What a friggin' scam!!! How exactly does he expect that one to hold up past the initial emailing stage? This is the sort of thing, exactly that I'm talking about. This needs to stop. Do they actually think they can get away with this sort of wool-over-our-eyes bullshit? And I'm not onlly trying to direct this at the women who read my blog...to the men as well, how can men think that we're that dumb, honestly...I mean, we are human too, you know...we ALSO have brains, dipshits (and that wasn't meant directly at the male readers of this blog, sorry). I feel very very passionately that guys need to, overall, quit being such jerks. Seriously. Be nice. Jesus, it's not that hard, people.

I was nice and gave a box of comics (reader's copies) to a couple of Ethiopian kids that live in the building next door, since they like superheroes, and my mother had got a bunch of banged up comics that were not in good enough condition to sell somewhere that she sent home with me from Chapel Hill. It felt really good to do something nice for someone else, particularly for the kids, as silly as that may sound...it's nice to encourage the younger generation. So, basically, I'm trying to say, guys...quit being douches, and set a good example for the little ones, damnit!

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10:35 PM - Darkchylde Comic To Film Adaptation?!? Sweet!!!
Current mood: Unexplainable, so don’t even ask.
Category: Unexplainable, so don’t even ask. Movies, TV, Celebrities

There I was...innocently surfing the web, when I came across this interesting bit of geek news as of then unbeknownst to me...now I make us all the wiser! Mwhahahahahaha!!!

Randy Queen passed along this note to share with Newsarama readers about Darkchylde:

"Just wanted to give a heads up that the first filmic images have been captured of Darkchylde, based on the comic of the same name. I am intimately involved, as is 5 time Oscar Winner Richard Taylor (King Kong, Lord of the Rings) and Weta Workshop, and Dark Horse (Hellboy)."

"The story revolves around a very pretty girl's curse that allows her to transform into different creatures from her many nightmares. Ariel Chylde is a physical pandora's box, and these creatures borrow her blood and bones to hitchhike over to our world. Everytime Ariel changes, she sets a different horror creature free in her small southern town.

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10:36 PM - Lyrics: Etro Anime "Danger"
Current mood: confused
Category: Music

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4:08 PM - Meaningful Lyrics: "Momma Sed" by Puscifer
Current mood: Alive and Alone
Category: Alive and Alone Music

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5:51 PM - Not a blog about men...yet...
Current mood: betrayed

Here’s some stuff a site said my name means...all of it has been at least somewhat true at some point, and some of it is still true, at least to an extent, so I thought it was notable. I wonder if all Genevieves are really like that though...I know a lot of people with the same names who aren’t the same types of people, so it can’t work for every name. Hrm. I feel hoodwinked. Well, Hell, there’s nothing new about that, now is there?!?

What Genevieve Means

You are deeply philosophical and thoughtful. You tend to analyze every aspect of your life. You are intuitive, brilliant, and quite introverted. You value your time alone. Often times, you are grumpy with other people. You don’t appreciate them trying to interfere in your affairs. You are friendly, charming, and warm. You get along with almost everyone. You work hard not to rock the boat. Your easy going attitude brings people together. At times, you can be a little flaky and irresponsible. But for the important things, you pull it together. You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people. You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts. You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals. You are very hyper. You never slow down, even when it’s killing you. You’re the type of person who can be a workaholic during the day... and still have the energy to party all night. Your energy is definitely a magnet for those around you. People are addicted to your vibe. You tend to be pretty tightly wound. It’s easy to get you excited... which can be a good or bad thing. You have a lot of enthusiasm, but it fades rather quickly. You don’t stick with any one thing for very long. You have the drive to accomplish a lot in a short amount of time. Your biggest problem is making sure you finish the projects you start.

Currently listening : Unbelievable (Cin City Sex Mix) [Germany] By EMF

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5:59 PM - Is this going to be a new record?
Current mood: worried
Category: Romance and Relationships

I just don’t seem to understand....is it so wrong to want someone beside me, to want someone to be there, to want someone to want to be there, even...is that some twisted, suffocating mis-wiring of my brain to want that? It’s not that I can’t be alone...I spend a lot of time alone. Many people would say I spend too much time alone. To be quite honest, people do say that, more often than I’d like.

I realize that I’ve done a lot of changing over the years...and yet some things about me do tend to stay the same. I guess those things are a part of the me I am eternally searching for, that elusive concept that everyone seems to see except for myself. Unfortunately, they are miniscule details about this ’me’ that seem unimportant in the grand scheme of things...and perhaps that is really where the problem lies.

I actually consider everything that happens, even the small, seemingly insignificant things, in terms of some sort of grand scheme. Maybe that is why I have been failing so much at relationships lately...my boyfriends have not seen the world from any sort of perspective I can understand, nor the other way around. We have been like two people at a time, strapped to each others’ backs, trying desperately to kiss each other, to show our love to each other. I can only assume that until I find someone who sees things from a similar perspective, I won’t be able to fully connect with anyone. I suppose I will have to accept the possibility that I may never find someone who views things from a perspective like mine. Argh. Why does everything have to be so complicated just because I don’t want to be all fake and just gloss over the truth and live in a sugary little paradise that only exists in my head. Grrr. Sorry about that...it snuck out...time for some Radical Acceptance. Just to make up for that last little bit of frustration there, here’s something cuter than a kitten:

Yeah, it’s a kitten and a couple of ducklings! Cute, right?

Currently watching : The Lives of Others Release date: 21 August, 2007

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4:08 PM - Poetry: Alphabet Soup (the revised edition)
Current mood: inspired
Category: Writing and Poetry

Currently watching : Dexter - The First Season Release date: 21 August, 2007

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